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Peter Forster 1800

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Jane

Jane Report 31 Aug 2012 23:04

I am looking for information on Peter Forster c1800 In Washington,
County Durham, his parents are Peter Forster & Jane Bailey, any with
a marriage or children would a great help and very appreciated.
Thanks
Jane.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 31 Aug 2012 23:08

What else do you know about him such as census

How have you arrived at his details

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 31 Aug 2012 23:08

Try the IGI

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

Do you know that he lived long enough to marry?

Trying to work forward is not ideal......you should be working back....

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 31 Aug 2012 23:16

This must be where you got your info

As I can't see any other children for this couple................how do you connect to them?


name: Peter Forster
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 23 Nov 1800
baptism/christening place: WASHINGTON,DURHAM,ENGLAND
birth date: 15 Sep 1800
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Peter Forster
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Jane Bailey
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: P00097-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 91148
reference number:
Source Citation

Catherine

Catherine Report 31 Aug 2012 23:23

Are you sure he lived long enough to marry????


Baptisms Chester-le-Street Peter Forster 1800

Burials Houghton-le-Spring Peter Forster abt 1800 1806 Shiney Row

Catherine

Catherine Report 31 Aug 2012 23:26

There also looks to be a sibling who also died very young:-

Baptisms Houghton-le-Spring Elizabeth Forster 1799 New Penshaw

Burials Houghton-le-Spring Elizabeth Forster abt 1798 1802 New Lambton
................................................................

and another Peter Forster who was born earlier and who also died same year as sibling Elizabeth:-

Burials Houghton-le-Spring Peter Forster abt 1796 1799 New Penshaw

Catherine

Catherine Report 31 Aug 2012 23:31

Other possible siblings:-

Baptisms Chester-le-Street Jane Forster 1794 Lambton

Baptisms Chester-le-Street John Forster 1795 Portobello

Baptisms Chester-le-Street Mary Forster 1792 Lambton

..............all above records have father Peter Forster and mother Jane.

(The records for Peter Forster and Elizabeth Forster have mother Jane Bailey.)

Catherine

Catherine Report 31 Aug 2012 23:34

You searched for:
First name = Peter Last name = Forster Spouse = Jane Bailey (in marriages and burials) in all districts in Marriages...Marriage Bonds...
Page 1: records 1 through 1 of 1 matches found.
Record Type District Forename Surname Birth Year Event Year Birthplace (census) or
Abode (parish recs)
Marriages Chester-le-Street Peter Forster 1791 this Chapelry

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check out this web site:-

http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com

..............you will need to buy credits but it may be worth it.

Jane

Jane Report 1 Sep 2012 19:57

Thanks to all for your help the Forster's are in my family through marriage, but
could not seem to find anything on Peter 1800 other then birth ans a baptism
so I wondered if he may have had an early death. With have a proper read of all the info, and will check out the above site from Catherine.
Kind regards
Jane.

Jane

Jane Report 4 Sep 2012 16:31

More help needed please on 2 children.
County Durham- Two of the children born to Peter Forster & Jane Bailey
were Mary born c: 1792 at Lampton and Isabella born c : 1797 at Heworth
does anyone have anything more on there two children.
Thanks very much
Jane.